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05-10-24, 09:52 AM | #1 |
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Geomagnetic Storm
Well, the NOAA has set condition G4. There's a sun spot that's fifteen times wider than the Earth and growing. We're approaching Solar Maximum. There have been three major Coronal Mass Ejections of late, and the emissions from those CMEs will be reaching Earth starting this evening. The Aurora Borealis will be visible in much of the northern hemisphere, and the Aurora Australis will be visible in the southern hemisphere.
We could be headed for a Carrington Event like the one that occurred in 1859, when telegraph offices caught fire across the country. Only now we're dependent on cell phones, computers, GPS and other satellite services, motor vehicles full of electronics, aircraft, and the electrical grid. So the impact of such an event would be significantly more intense than it was in 1859. You could kiss all that stuff goodbye. It's possible that tonight we're going to party like it's 1699. Nobody really knows what to expect. Imagine what it would be like in major cities if tonight everything that uses electricity burst into flames. No power. No vehicles, No police or EMS. No cell phones. No computers. No GPS. Etcetera. I'm glad that I live out in the middle of nowhere and have horses. Anyway, tonight's the night. There's your doom porn for the day. |
05-10-24, 10:19 AM | #2 |
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Supposed to hit today and into early Saturday. I think another CME was behind this one but not sure if we’re in the path of it. Should be a fairly active Aurora Borealis
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05-10-24, 11:16 AM | #3 | |
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Just got an alert: “CME IMPACT IMMENENT…”. Two more on the way. Earth will be messy during the next 5 days or so with geomagnetic storms conditions up to severe G4 geomagnetic storm level expected.
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05-10-24, 12:59 PM | #4 | |
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Moderator: please move to the "We're so dead" thread https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=237386
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05-10-24, 03:55 PM | #5 | |
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05-10-24, 07:18 PM | #6 |
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I don't think Aktung has ever been accused of being a kid.
At least not during this century.. Meanwhile, Suck it, Georgia. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for clear skies. |
05-11-24, 07:50 AM | #7 | ||
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That's really not a good way to talk of Aktung. It's certainly not his fault whatsoever that he is from the land of misfit toys. |
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05-11-24, 10:15 AM | #8 |
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...in this case, 'the land of misfit boy toys'...my personal transgender issues notwithstanding?!! I was disappointed not to see any aurora borealis last night though, compared to a major event I witnessed in '69 while leading a 10 day YMCA camp youngsters' canoe trip in the heart of the Quetico-Superior Wilderness of northern Minnesota; what a light show in a sky w/o any artificial man-made light!
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05-11-24, 01:00 PM | #9 |
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Yeah, I had high hopes but also got skunked.
We had this annoying "high haze" thing going on where it looked clear but you could only see a couple of planets. I bailed by 2 AM. I saw some killer auroras over (really) northern Maine back in the late 1970's. Late one night and standing in the middle of a snowy field, I saw this incredible "spike" in light blue that looked like it was pointed right at me. It was as if God was giving me the finger and pointing at me at the same time. |
05-11-24, 01:07 PM | #10 |
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05-11-24, 02:20 PM | #11 |
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Cloudy last night and looks to be cloudy tonight as well. Ce la vie.
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05-13-24, 05:06 PM | #12 |
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We managed to see bugger-all
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